The progress of dulness, part first: or The rare adventures of Tom Brainless : shewing what his father and mother said of him; how he went to college, and what he learned there; how he took his degree, and went to keeping school; how afterwards he becames a great man and wore a wig; and how any body else may do the same.--The like never before published. Very proper to be kept in all families. [Three lines of Latin text].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.

Contributor:

Green, Thomas, 1735-1812, printer.

Green, Samuel, 1743-1799, printer.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Progress of dulness, or the rare adventures of Tom Brainless. Pt. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Anecdotes.

Education, Higher.

Genre:

Poems -- 1772.

Satires.

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

vi pages, 1 unnumbered page,8-26 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

[New Haven] : Printed [by Thomas and Samuel Green], in the year 1772.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

In verse.

Attributed to John Trumbull in the Dictionary of American biography.

Ascribed to the New Haven press of Thomas and Samuel Green, who are named in the imprint of the third part (Evans 13052).

With a half-title.

"Advertisement. Preparing for the press, The progress of dulness, part second; or, The adventures of Dick Hairbrain."--p. [27].

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

Evans, 12585

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 402

English Short Title Catalog, W32381.

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